November 15, 2023
To all members,
The Agricultural Economics Society of Japan (AESJ)
President, Atsuyuki ASAMI

Information Regarding the 2024 Annual Conference of AESJ
The 2024 Annual Conference of Agricultural Economics Society of Japan (AESJ), co-hosted by the Tohoku University,
will be held on 30th and 31st of March, 2024. The outline of the conference is as follows.
[1] Schedule and Venue
30th and 31st of March: Tohoku University Aobayama Commons, Aobayama Campus
Address: 468-1 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8572, Japan<Registration>
30th and 31st of March: Tohoku University Aobayama Commons, Aobayama Campus 8:00～<Conference Schedule>
30th of March: Tohoku University Aobayama Commons, Aobayama Campus
Opening address
8:30 - 8:40
Presidential address
8:40 - 9:10
100th Anniversary Lectures
9:10 - 10:20
Special symposiums
10:50 - 16:50
General meeting and award ceremony for AESJ Prizes
17:10 - 17:40
Reception party: Aobayama Commons, Aobayama Campus
18:00 - 19:30
31st of March: Tohoku University Aobayama Commons, Aobayama Campus
Oral presentations, Special sessions
9:00 - 16:00
Poster presentations
9:00 - 15:30
Presentation for participants
11:00 - 12:30
Presentation for judgesCeremony for the best poster award
16:00 - 16:10[2] Fees
1. Participation: 4,000yen (Student members: 3,000yen)
2. Reception party: 6,000yen (Student members: 3,000yen)[3] 100th Anniversary Lectures
1. Half Century with Agricultural Economics as a Modest Social Science
Presenter; Shinichi SHOGENJI (Nippon Agricultural Research Institute)
2. The Future of Agriculture and the Position of Agricultural Economics in Japan
Presenter; Osamu KOYAMA (Japan International research center for agricultural sciences)[4] Main Symposium (30th of March)“Future Missions of Japanese Agricultural Economics”
Co-chairpersons: Fusao ITO (Tohoku University),Kan HIGASHIYAMA (Hokkaido University)(Language: Japanese)<Symposium I>“Missions of Agricultural Economics Reflecting International Contexts: Transition to a Sustainable Society”
Co-chairpersons: Kae SEKINE (Aichi Gakuin University)
Yuko NAKANO (University of Tsukuba)

Presentations:
1. International Contexts of Food Security: Emerging Risks and Uncertainties
Presenter: Tatsuji KOIZUMI (Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries)
2. International Contexts of the Environment and Climate Change: Sustainability of Agriculture and Rural Society,and Energy Issues
Presenter: Sawako SHIGETO (The Graduate School of Project Design)
3. International Contexts of Development Studies: Development and Challenges of Experimental Methods
Presenter: Nina TAKASHINO (Ritsumeikan University)
Discussant: Takashi KUROSAKI (Hitotsubashi University)<Symposium II>“Missions of Policy Studies within Agricultural Economics”
Chairperson: Daizo KOJIMA (The University of Tokyo)
Presentations:
1. Research Design for Policy Studies: Focusing on the Significance and Methods of Qualitative Empirical Analysis
Presenter: Takumi SAKUYAMA (Meiji University)
2. Supply and Demand of Evidence on Agricultural Policy
Presenter: Kentaro KAWASAKI (The University of Tokyo)
3. Research Agenda of National Agricultural Policy Research Institutes in the World and Development of New
Research Methods
Presenter: Hiroki SASAKI (Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries)
4. “Leadership in Japan’s Farming” and Farm Policy: Focusing on Rice Policy
Presenter: Kunio NISHIKAWA (Ibaraki University)
Discussant: Hideki HAGIWARA (Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries)<Symposium III>“Missions of Agricultural Economics from a Historical Perspective”
Chairperson: Atsushi ITO (Kyoto University)
Presentations:
1. Strategy for Sustainable Food Systems (MIDORI) and Missions of Agricultural Economics/History
Presenter: Yohei KOJIMA (The University of Tokyo)
2. Potential of Agricultural Economics: Considerations from its History
Presenter: Tatsushi FUJIHARA (Kyoto University)
3. A Modern History of Flower Cultivation and Consumption: A Study of Social and Family Transformation
Presenter: Noriko YUZAWA (Hosei University)
Discussant: Kyoko NOMOTO (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)<Symposium IV>“Missions of Education in Agricultural Economics”
Co-chairpersons: Akiko KIYOHARA (Fukuyama City University)
Kiyokazu UJIIE (University of Tsukuba)
Presentations:
1. The Role of Agricultural Economics in the New Food and Agricultural Sciences Field
Presenter: Ryota KOYAMA (Fukushima University)
2. Internationalization of Higher Education in Agricultural EconomicsPresenter: Shigekazu KAWASHIMA (Miyagi University)
3. Statistical Literacy in Agricultural Economics
Presenter: Tomoaki NAKATANI (The University of Tokyo)
Discussants: Toshinobu MATSUDA (Tottori University)
Masaya NAKATSUKA (Kobe University)